and i can't tell if you're laughing,

I'm re-reading the whole Watchmen series.
It's been over a decade since I read it.
It's making me happy all over again now.

Chuck and Travis were talking about the movie coming out, like a month or so ago,
when it was just the three of us hanging out,
drinking, watching TV.
And at that point, I was half-drunk, half-asleep, because I was exhausted,
so I hadn't really been paying attention,
until Chuck said something to me,
and the only part of the sentence I heard was something about graphic novels,
and he had a book in his hand,
and I tried going back and re-listening to the conversation in my head,
but I couldn't figure it out.
And since I was half-asleep (let's not forget half-drunk as well),
it didn't occur to me to just ask him what the hell he was talking about.
So all I said was something about Sin City and then I went back to watching Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and trying not to fall asleep because I really wanted to watch it.

But, I think now (although I could be mistaken),
he was trying to tell me I should read Watchmen,
in which case,
Chuck! I have!
A little over ten years ago!!
Haha.
Actually, I only read 11 of the issues.
I had to skip number 11, because it wasn't there.
So that one will be a first for me tonight.


My mom and I were in some bookstore when we were living in Dallas,
I don't even remember where we were,
I just know we were there for a long time.
Maybe not so long though, because this WAS back when I was a retardedly fast reader.

But what I do know is,
the amount of time we spent in that bookstore,
was the first time I realized I was a total nerd.

I spent the entire time reading Watchmen.

I was just walking around, didn't feel like walking with Mom because she was looking at books for her class to read,
and I saw it.
Actually, I only saw a few of them,
they weren't all together.
But the ones I saw just in passing, for some reason I was intrigued.
And I figured, hey, I've got nothing else to do.
So I sat on the floor and read.
And then I had to search for about ten minutes after I finished the 5th or 6th issue so I could find the rest.
But they didn't have 11.
Sigh. I hate skipping things.

Anywho,
I was hooked from the first sentence.
Not only that, but here's how I know that I really AM a total nerd
(besides the fact that I was like a nine or ten year old girl sitting alone in a bookstore reading Watchmen, come on, really);
What really makes me a nerd,
is that The Comedian was my first love.
Sigh.
Besides Zack Morris anyway, but that's inevitable.

Yep, my first love was an illustration.
What a goob I was/am.

He made sense to me though.
Even though I was only 9 or 10 (probably closer to 10, but I can't remember exactly when this was),
he made more sense to me than any of the other superheroes in there,
and he certainly made WAY more sense to me than any character on TV,
or God forbid, anyone in real life.
He saw the world for what it really was.
And he had a sense of humor about it.
Well, a bit of a twisted one, but looking at myself now, I see why I appreciated it so much even then.
And besides, I always do fall for the drunk and disorderly ones who are obnoxious and, well, ME.
And I just knew in my heart that if I were the girl having his baby,
he wouldn't have shot me.
Because I wouldn't have stabbed him.
And we would have lived happily ever after, once I turned 18. :)


So really, in essence,
Jeffrey Dean Morgan playing The Comedian
IS THE BEST THING EVERRRRRRR.

I have NO DOUBT that the movie is going to be amazing,
and I know that my man Denny Duquette is NOT going to disappoint me in the role of my first true love.
Sigh.


I couldn't be more excited for March 6th.
I don't care if I have to go see it by myself.
I WILL see it. IN THEATERS.
Screw your HD TV Chuck,
some things just have to be seen in theaters and not at home.
:)
Transformers was one,
Live Free or Die Hard was another,
and now Watchmen.

Oh yes.
I'm ready.


And I think I've done enough public blogging about my nerdiness for one day.
Now I must go read #11 so that everything finally makes sense.
Bwahahahaha.